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enSHRINERS’ HOPES OF REBUILDING CAMP BURNED IN CHARIOT FIRE DIM WITH JUDGE’S RULINGhttps://www.eastcountymagazine.org/shriners%E2%80%99-hopes-rebuilding-camp-burned-chariot-fire-dim-judge%E2%80%99s-ruling
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<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">By Miriam Raftery</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Photo by Nadin Abbott</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">August 22, 2017 (Mount Laguna) — Many of you may know the Shriners as the clowns in fez hats driving miniature cars to delight crowds at the Mother Goose Parade each year. But they also own hospitals across the nation dedicated to treating children.</span></p>
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<!--break--><p>During the July, 2013 Chariot Fire on Mount Laguna, the Al Bahr Shrine Camp was devastated, losing nearly all of their 150-building including a lodge nearly a century old, rental cabins, and cabins owned by individual Shriners’ members. But now the charitable organization has suffered another devastating loss. </p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Even though state investigators concluded that the fire was caused by a federal Bureau of Land Management Jeep with a catalytic converter that ignited dry brush, U.S. District Judge Anthony Battaglia ruled last week that the Shriners are not entitled to a penny in compensation from the federal government.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">That’s because the Shriners had been operating their camp on public lands since the 1920s, under special use permits granted by the Cleveland National Forest. Those permits required the Shriners to assume all risk of loss to structures, the San Diego Union-Tribune<a href="http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/sd-no-shriners-lawsuit-20170820-story.html"> reports</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Barring a reversal on any potential appeal, that means the Shriners can’t collect anything from the federal government for their lost cabins or lodge. There are other defendants, however, including Jeep’s manufacturer, if the Shriners can provide evidence of a malfunction or known defect. Individual Shriners with private property may still collect the value of their structures’ contents, if not the dwellings themselves.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The Shriners had made a good faith effort to clear the land at their own expense after the fire, even providing erosion abatement that the Forest Service requested, the Al Bahr Shriners <a href="http://albahrshrine.org/shrinecamp.html">webpage</a> states. Yet despite approving the clearance, the Forest Service has not renewed the Shriners’ use permit, a matter still in negotiation but stalled for over a year, the Shriners’ site indicates, making it less and less likely that the group will ever be able to rebuild the camp that brought cherished memories to generations of local Shriners.</span></p>
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<p>July 9, 2014 (San Diego) –East County Magazine picked up 10 journalism awards tonight in the Society of Professional Journalists San Diego contest, including four first place awards and for the third year in a row, the James Julian Memorial Award for community reporting. </p>
<p>ECM picked up two awards for reports aired on KNSJ radio, as well as honors for online reporting. This brings ECM’s total awards to 69 since our launch in 2008.</p>
<p>“This is public service journalism at its finest—identify the problem for readers and track the changes. It worked in this case. Bravo,” commented a judge for the James Julian award, which includes a $100 cash prize for our story titled <em><a href="http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/why-county-veterans-services-department-ignoring-rural-east-county-vets">Why is County Veterans Service Department ignoring rural East County vets? </a></em> By Miriam Raftery. After the report aired, Supervisor Dianne Jacob introduced a measure later adopted to bring veterans’ services to county libraries in rural locations.</p>
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<p><img alt="" src="/sites/eastcountymagazine.org/files/resize/2014/July/Chariot-loneFF-Nadin_0-355x236.JPG" style="width: 355px; height: 236px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 6px; float: right;" width="355" height="236" />Tom Abbott won a first place award for his dramatic photograph, <em><a href="http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/sites/eastcountymagazine.org/files/2013/July/Chariot-loneFF-Nadin_0.JPG">Lone firefighter</a></em> shot during the Chariot Fire, which judges praised as a “good photo of a breaking news event.”</p>
<p>The best talk/interview story was awarded to Miriam Raftery for her <a href="http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/sites/eastcountymagazine.org/files/audio/2016/January/LakeMorenaInterviews-FINAL.mp3"><em>Draining Lake Morena </em></a>interviews on the East County Magazine Show on KNSJ. The judges remarked, “This show serves an important community service by hosting public discussions on-air about controversial issues.”</p>
<p>In the investigative/enterprise story category for daily reporting, Raftery won first place for <em><a href="http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/what%E2%80%99s-polluting-waterways-ocotillo">What’s polluting waterways in Ocotillo? </a> </em>The story revealed how a green energy project may be threatening a town’s water supply. The judges remarked, “Aggressive reporting that won’t take `no’ for an answer.’”</p>
<p>Raftery also won first place in the opinion/editorial category for <a href="http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/editorial-ill-wind-blowing-supervisors-should-just-say-%E2%80%9Cno%E2%80%9D-industrial-wind-wednesday%E2%80%99s-wind-ordinan"><em>An ill wind blowing</em></a><em>. </em>The judges commented, “Hammer blow after hammer blow nails each devastating point of the argument in this piece aimed at keeping a `green’ wind-powered system from destroying land, businesses, wildlife and people.”</p>
<p>East County Magazine Show producer Miriam Raftery also received a second place award in radio/audio community services program or series for <em><a href="http://k007.kiwi6.com/hotlink/pla2tx46jk/ECMShow11-1-13CedarFireSpecial-FINAL.mp3">Out of the Ashes: Special Report on the 10 Year Anniversary of the Cedar Fire</a></em>, aired KNSJ. Raftery covered the 2007 wildfires and revisited contacts from her reporting a decade ago as well as some never-before-told stories from one of the worst firestorms in California history.</p>
<p>Tom and Nadin Abbott shared an honorable mention in the breaking news category for their behind-fire lines coverage of the Chariot Fire, which destroyed over 100 homes on Mount Laguna in 2013. The story was titled <em><a href="http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/historic-lodge-shrine-camp-sierra-club%E2%80%99s-foster-lodge-cabin-among-108-buildings-destroyed-chariot-fi">Historic lodge at Shrine Camp, Foster Lodge cabin among 108 buildings destroyed in Chariot Fire.</a> </em></p>
<p>Raftery picked up a second place in the breaking news story category for <em><a href="http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/1800-acres-wilderness-scorched-san-felipe-fire-amid-growing-questions-over-out-control-burn">1800 acres of wilderness scorched in San Felipe amid growing concerns over out-of-control burn</a>. </em></p>
<p>She also received two honorable mentions for<a href="http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/grand-jury-issues-report-guhsd-and-alpine-high-school-fool-us-once-fool-us-twice"> <em>Grand Jury issues report on GUHSD and Alpine High School</em></a> in the education category and in the environmental category for <em><a href="http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/betrayal-boulevard-can-happen-your-town-too">The betrayal of Boulevard: could this happen to your town, too?”</a></em></p>
<p>Competition was stiff in the SPJ journalism awards competition this year, with more than 500 total entries received.</p>
<p>East County Magazine is a division of the nonprofit 501c3 Heartland Coalition/Heartland Foundation. KNSJ is a nonprofit public radio station broadcasting from Descanso. It can be heard at 89.1 FM. The East County Magazine show airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 5 p.m. with reruns on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 a.m. and Saturdays at 8 a.m. </p>
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<p>By Miriam Raftery</p>
<p>May 9, 2014 (Mount Laguna) -<strong>- </strong>CAL FIRE investigators have determined that the July 6, 2013 Chariot Fire southwest of Julian was caused by a Jeep Wrangler owned and operated by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which ignited the dry vegetation under the vehicle. The CAL FIRE finding confirms allegations previously made by an attorney representing fire victims, who had indicated a private investigation had revealed evidence that a BLM Jeep started the blaze.</p>
<p>The Chariot Fire started just before 1 p.m. in eastern San Diego County near Butterfield Ranch Resort and the Great Southern Overland Stage Route on land managed by the BLM. The fire burned 7,055 acres on both federal and public lands and destroyed 149 structures, including a historic lodge, cabins at the Shrine Camp, and others. Over 2,100 firefighters battled the fire during the 10 days it took to contain the blaze. </p>
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<p>“It is critical that everyone be extra cautious outdoors with any activity that may cause a spark,” said Chief Dale Hutchinson, CAL FIRE southern region chief. “This year especially we need the public to remember that one less spark means one less wildfire.”</p>
<p>For more tips on preventing wildfires visit <a href="http://www.preventwildfireca.org/">http://www.PreventWildfireCA.org</a>.</p>
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<p>By Miriam Raftery</p>
<p>Photo by Nadin Abbott</p>
<p>April 26, 2014 (Mount Laguna) – Cal Fire and the federal government have not released reports on the official cause of the Chariot Fire, which scorched over 7,000 acres and destroyed more than 100 buildings including a historic lodge and the century-old Al Bahr Shrine Camp. Now attorney John Fiske, who represents fire victims, says he has filed a claim against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.</p>
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<p>“We’ve hired experts and we’ve done an investigation,” Fiske told ECM news partner 10 News. The results indicate that a BLM Jeep driven by a BLM driver started the fire in the desert, which swiftly engulfed Mount Laguna.</p>
<p>Neither the BLM nor Cal Fire responded to calls or e-mails, 10 News reported.</p>
<p>Don Wierman of the Al Bahr Shrine Camp, which has not been able to rebuild, concluded, “Every cabin was filled with memories –and every cabin is gone.”</p>
<p>Fiske has said that if officials don’t respond to his claim, he will file a lawsuit.</p>
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<p>September 22, 2013 (San Diego’s East County) – The Sierra Club invites the public to a benefit to raise funds for rebuilding a cabin lost in the Chariot Fire on July , and to celebrate the fact that the historic Foster Lodge survived the wildfire on Mount Laguna. While there was insurance coverage, the Chapter needs to raise funds to offset a $10,000 deductible and other costs not covered to get the lodge reopened for business.</p>
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<p>A wine tasting to benefit these rebuilding efforts will be held on Sunday, September 29 at 4 p.m. at the Mosaic Wine Bar, 3422 30th Street, in the North Park area of San Diego 92104. Cost is $30 per person and you must be 21 or over.</p>
<p>RSVP to <a href="mailto:richard.miller@sierraclub.org">richard.miller@sierraclub.org</a> or call 858-569-6005</p>
<p>Checks, made payable to Sierra Club, should be mailed to Sierra Club San Diego Chapter, Foster Lodge Wine Tasting, 8304 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Ste. 101, San Diego, CA 92111. To pay by credit card, you can visit to <a href="http://donate.sierrasd.org/product/97">http://donate.sierrasd.org/product/97</a>.</p>
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<p>By Nadin Abbott; editor Miriam Raftery also contributed to this report</p>
<p>Photo credti: UCSD's HPWren webcam atop Lyon's Peak</p>
<p><strong><em>An advisory evacuation clearly means that authorities believe those homes are at risk of burning. But by not opening shelters-- or closing shelters unannounced in the middle of an emergency--officials are sending a disturbing signal: If you leave now, you’re on your own. </em></strong></p>
<p>September 10, 2013 (San Diego) East County Magazine has encountered disturbing issues with emergency shelters found closed during three major evacuations in the past two months alone. How many other times has this have occurred—and what can be done to better protect residents during disasters? Today, we brought the issue to the County Board of Supervisors at a public hearing.</p>
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<p>The first troubling incident occurred during the Chariot Fire this summer. ECM visited a shelter announced by authorities at Alpine High School around 8:30 p.m. on the first evening of the fire. We found the place empty, not even a note for anyone who arrived, though hundreds had been told to evacuate from the Mount Laguna area and roads were blocked to prevent anyone from going home. The fast and inexplicable shut-down allowed no time for evacuees to check in who may have first stopped to eat dinner at a roadside diner or picked up supplies, only to find the shelter closed. (By the second day this shelter was reopened and provided a place for people to stay overnight.)</p>
<p>During the Mt. Helix SWAT incident that lasted 15 hours in our editor’s neighborhood, a Sheriff’s media representative told ECM that a shelter was being opened at the Skyline Church. We later heard that no shelter was set up, even though some residents were evacuated in armored trucks and others were barred by roadblocks from coming home until after the gunman was declared dead at 3:30 a.m. or so.</p>
<p>Yesterday at 3:30 p.m. during the Lyons Fire, the Sheriff sent notices to residents informing them to evacuate and go to the Jamul Primary School. Soon after, the County Emergency Services also sent a similar notice listing the school as a shelter. ECM visited the school site at 6:30 at night. Again, the shelter--the evacuation point--was closed.</p>
<p>No notice was sent to media about the change in status, and area residents say they were not informed either. </p>
<p>We learned from Kim Hamilton, editor at the Deerhorn Antler that “People didn’t know they couldn’t get into the area until they came home from work. Then they were pressed to find a place to stay.” That would be around the time we visited the Jamul Primary School.</p>
<p>During other recent wildfires, I’ve driven all the way from San Diego to rural areas, arriving to find an announced shelter not open yet or stocked with supplies. Eventually supplies arrived, much to the relief of hot, tired and thirsty residents left waiting in extreme weather conditions. I’ve taken to carrying water and blankets for just such occasions now.</p>
<p>This morning, Supervisors held a hearing on wildfire readiness issues, including a presentation by the Red Cross on improvements made since the 2007 firestorms.</p>
<p>As a former Red Cross incident commander in Mexico, I know that we kept shelters open there at least 24 hours, no exceptions. </p>
<p>After I testified to the Supervisors about the problems with shelter closures locally with no notifications, Supervisor Dianne Jacob asked me to step outside the hearing room and speak with Leslie Luke, the Group Program Manager, in the County Office of Emergency Services.</p>
<p>He said that he will be looking into it, and asking questions of the Red Cross as to what happened. It was pointed out to him that there were Red Cross vehicles near the Command Post, which is five miles from the school as the crow flies but more like 20 miles over winding, narrow backcountry roads.</p>
<p>There was also some confusion over evacuations, purely misunderstanding by multiple media outlets given that the California Highway Patrol posted on its website that CHP had cleared the area east of Four Corners, on Lyons Valley Rd. The Sheriff Nixle alert to residents also advised residents east of those areas to evacuate. </p>
<p>So today while waiting for the meeting to start, I had an opportunity to talk with Captain Mike Moehler of Cal Fire.</p>
<p>Moehler explained to ECM that an advisory notice to evacuate means that there was a face-to-face contact with residents (as well as the Nixle alerts from the Sheriff sent via text messages). Residents were told there is a fire, but it was not mandatory to leave. Cal Fire considers an evacuation mandatory only when the reverse 911 system is activated.</p>
<p>Having done emergency services myself, I am aware that especially early on, getting accurate information can at times be as challenging as getting emergency crews in. We all try, and it can be frustrating at times.</p>
<p>I am also aware that the priority is to get people out of what is called in Emergency Services the “hot zone” -- the highest risk area for both property and life. To firefighters' credit, no structures were lost or damaged in yesterday's blaze that as of this writing, has charred 450 acres, and no lives were lost.</p>
<p>But providing shelter after people leave these evacuation areas should be a high priority as well, even if evacuations are not mandatory. People need to know that if media tells them that a shelter is open, they can rely on that information and will find an open shelter.</p>
<p>Not only does it make media look bad when inaccurate and misleading information is provided to media by emergency providers and the County, but ultimately the population will lose trust in emergency providers and the County.</p>
<p>How reliable is shelter information relayed to media and the public by County representatives – and will the County take steps to correct this disturbing pattern of misinformation during critical times? For a family with limited resources, such as not enough money to refill a gas tank, arriving at a shelter to find it closed could even put lives in peril.</p>
<p>Given some off-the-record conversations that ECM had with residents at the Lyons Valley Trading Post yesterday, bad information from the County, Cal Fire or Sheriff partly explains the reluctance of many backcountry residents to evacuate when the orders do come. We’ve heard similar complaints during past fires from residents burned before by lack of shelter resources for themselves, their families, their pets and their livestock. </p>
<p>Even when shelters are open for human evacuees, too often there is no place for animals, leading some property owners to risk sheltering in place rather than evacuating—fueling a strong and understandable mistrust of authorities. Why isn’t it standard practice to provide a shelter for livestock and pets during all evacuations, advisory and mandatory? </p>
<p>An advisory evacuation clearly means that authorities believe those homes are at risk of burning. But by not opening shelters or closing them unannounced in the middle of an emergency, officials are sending a disturbing signal: If you leave now, you’re on your own.</p>
<p>There are many pieces to juggle in a fire. There are many agencies as well. They all need to work like a well-oiled machine, but the public will quite honestly blame the person in front of the camera such as a fire official giving out wrong information, even if the errors came from another official source. It also fuels mistrust of Cal Fire, which the County has positioned to run the County Fire Authority seeking to takeover rural fire agencies. </p>
<p>It is my hope that the County, the Sheriff, and fire authorities particularly Cal Fire will work to coordinate information about shelters to make sure that during any evacuation—voluntary or mandatory—a shelter is opened and stays open until the danger is past and residents can go safely home, and never shut down as nighttime approaches and an emergency is still in progress. </p>
<p>As I told the Supervisors, there is more to a shelter than just coffee. A shelter is also essential on the road to recovery, providing vital information to disaster survivors.</p>
<p>East County Magazine will be visiting shelters more often during future emergencies to see if the promised havens are truly open for weary evacuees or not. We urge other media outlets to do the same, and to join our call for much needed improvements to assure a safe shelter for all who are asked to leave their homes during a raging wildfire or other disaster.</p>
<p><strong>Readers: </strong>If you've had an experience finding a shelter closed during an evacuation in your area, please contact <a href="mailto:editor@eastcountymagazine.org">editor@eastcountymagazine.org</a> with details to help us document these problems and hopefully find solutions.</p>
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<p>August 28, 2013 (San Diego's East County) -- A flash flood warning is in effect until 4:15 p.m. for east central San Diego County. Heavy rain and thunderstorms are occurring in and around the Chariot Fire burn area. </p>
<p>Doppler radar estimates up to 0.6 inches of rain has fallen in the burn area in about 30 minutes this afternoon. This is well in excess of U.S. G.S. thresholds for debris flows from this burn scar. Roads, trails and campgrounds located along drainages within or below the burned basins can be impacted by flash floods and debris flows. This includes areas along Highway S-2 and the great Southern Overland Stage route as wel as the Butterfield Ranch area. </p>
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<p>Residents and motorists in and below recently burned areas should be alert to heavy mud and debris flows which may block roads and culverts. Potentially dangerous flooding and property loss could result in areas where runoff is restricted or blocked. Additional rainfall amounts of one inch or more are possible in the warned area.</p>
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<p>July 24, 2013 (Mount Laguna) – County Assessor/Recorder/Clerk Ernest Dronenburg is advising all property owners whose property was damaged or destroyed during the recent Chariot Fire that property tax relief is available.</p>
<p>This tax relief program requires the reassessment of the property to reflect its damaged condition. The reduced value will remain in effect until such time as the property is rebuilt or repaired. More importantly, after the property is rebuilt or repaired, the owners can retain their previous taxable value if the property is rebuilt in a like or similar manner. This means that the property tax assessment will not increase beyond what it was prior to the fire.</p>
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<p>This tax relief is available for any property damage, which includes homes and out buildings, commercial and industrial properties, and mobile homes. Damage to vehicles and the contents of a home such as furniture are not eligible for this tax relief because it is not taxable.</p>
<p>Dronenburg says he is “very sympathetic” with the victims. He strongly encourages all property owners who suffered fire damage to their property in excess of $10,000 to contact his office for the necessary claim form at (619) 531-4993 or by visiting the Assessor’s website at <a href="http://www.sdarcc.com">http://www.sdarcc.com</a>.</p>
<p>The Assessor’s office has already mailed information and claim forms to some of the affected property owners and will continue to do so as more information becomes available.</p>
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<p>Photo by Tom Lemon</p>
<p>On Friday, August 9, the Rising from the Ashes fundraiser will be held to cover cleanup costs of the Shrine Camp on Mount Laguna, which was devastated by the Chariot Fire.</p>
<p>The Al Bahr Shrine Center in San Diego will host the event from 5 to 11 p.m. in the Red Fez Room at the Al Bahr Shrine Center, 5440 Kearny Mesa Road in San Diego. The event, which costs $20 will include dinner and entertainment.</p>
<p>The camp lost 23 buildings to the fire, including the Shriners’ 99-year-old lodge.</p>
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<p>The Shriners, an international organization, provide philanthropic services including operating 22 hospitals for children.</p>
<p>For more information, visit <a href="http://www.albahrshrine.org/index.html">http://www.albahrshrine.org/index.html</a> .</p>
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<p><strong>The Chariot Fire perimeter, in red, and the evacuation area shown in purple</strong></p>
<p>July 12, 2013 (San Diego’s East County)--Damage assessment teams are combing through the charred remains today of the Al Bahr Shrine Campground area off Sunrise Highway in Mt. Laguna. CAL FIRE estimates 149 structures were damaged or destroyed when the Chariot Fire suddenly surged forward on Monday. The fire is now 98% contained, after charring 7,055 acres.</p>
<p>The County encourages any residents who sustained losses in the Chariot Fire to visit <a href="http://www.sdcountyemergency.com/" target="_blank">www.sdcountyemergency.com</a> for general recovery information. A Chariot Fire resources link is available <a href="http://sdcountyrecovery.com/chariot-fire-2013/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>An important tip for residents returning to fire-damaged properties is to contact your insurance carrier before beginning clean-up efforts and consider using a professional contractor to avoid any potential hazards.</p>
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<p>People should take precautions when returning to a fire-damaged home. Toxic ash, hot spots and downed electrical posts and wires are only some of the hazards.</p>
<p>Residents can learn what to do after a wildfire, how to get property tax relief and request a property damage reassessment, how to obtain various permits for fire-damaged properties, how to get debris assistance and how to avoid post-disaster rip-offs.</p>
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